The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-24
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ALL THE NEWS
OF WEST VIRGINIA RECORDED In
BRIEF SPACE.
Incidents and Accidents and Matters
Miscellaneous.

Measles are epidemic in the vicin-
ity of White, Tucker county. There
are not less than one hundred eases.
The board of directors Of the state
fair association has fixed the date of
the next exhibition for September
4th to 18th inclusive.
Bears are reported to be quite
numerous in Boone county, and the
farmers are losing heavily by reason
of their finest stock being killed by
the beasts.
A sad death occurred in Salem,
Harrison county, last week. Mrs.
Lloyd Flanagan and babe were bur
led in the same casket, and as the
writer of the obituary beautifully
expresses it, Bride and babe with
hearts and hands entwined like twin
roses round tender twig, have been
transplanted to bloom in heaven for
ever"
Quite a sad and serious accident
happened to the small child of Neil
Smith, who lives within about two
miles of Hebron, Pleasant county.
Mr.. Smith not being at home, his
wife left the child crawling ON the
floor while she went out to get some
wood, and while she was out the
child, in trying to climb up by a
chair, fell with its head in the fire.
The back of its head was quite seri-
ously burned before it was rescued.
On Thursday of last week, Mr..
Geo. Billmyer, of Hanging Rock,
Hampshire county, while walking
along the pike with Mr.. John White
acre, was accidentally shot in the
heel, with probably fatal results, by
the guard coming off gun Mr..
Whiteacre was carrying, causing the
weapon to fall on the ground, strik-
ing muzzle first just behind Mr.. Bill
myer The gun was loaded with
shot, and the whole charge took eff
feet in Mr. Billmyer's heel. AT last
accounts he was suffering intensely,
and grave fears of lockjaw setting in
are entertained by his physicians.
A dispatch from Clarksburg under
date of the 18th says: Late yester
day evening one of the most startling
and fearful murders that has ever
been chronicled in this or any other
county, occurred within a mile
of this city The particulars
of the horrible affair have not
been fully ascertained. How
ever, it is certain that old John
Thomey, German who is engaged
in a dairy, went home intoxicated
and got into an alteration with his
wife, who struck him over the head
with potato masher. breaking the
skull, from which he died shortly
after. His wife has fled, and no
steps so far as your correspondent is
informed, have been taken for her
apprehension. Murder and other
crimes will not down until the law is
more strictly enforced, and criminals
punished for this and similar afro
cious offenses.
The Parkersburg journal tells of
the way a smart young fellow from
Ohio "raised the wind' in that town
in the following paragraph: "a
young man whose home is across the
OHIO, at Constitution, and who says
his name is G. A. Henderson, is Ian
gushing and pining in the Hotel de
Jones, this city. He has been acting
as an agent for some cross-tie com
pany in Ohio, and has some ac-
quaintance with the tie men in this
city. A few days ago he came here
and told Mr.. Lathrop, agent for Mil
ligan Il Co., that he had three hun
dred ties for sale; that he would de-
liver them at once. and that he
would like to have five dollars in adj
vance. He got the five dollars. and
then went to Joe Renforth, another
tie agent, and made similar state
ment to him, selling him the same
ties and getting five dollars in adj
vance. 1t wasn't very long until
his trick was discovered, and Rem
forth swore out warrant before
Squire Stapleton, which was execu-
ted by Constable j. N. Beckwith.
Henderson came readily, without a
requisition, saying that he would fix
up the difficulty as soon as he got
here. Renforth and Lathrop are
both willing to let the fellow off if
he will give them back their money
and pay the expenses. So far, the